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Justcaptions MCP Server

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Justcaptions is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 9 tools. Last commit 7 Oct 2026.

Audio transcription, caption correction, translation and 16 video caption styles.

Uptime history 14 days of history · worst day 99%
14 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
9
Tools
read from the server
139 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 7 Oct 2026

What changed 2

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 7 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

7 Oct a tool appeared list_fonts
7 Oct a tool changed version

What the code does

We read the source, 10 h ago · tools taken from the live server · rules ccca72095570

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    subprocess.run(['ffmpeg', '-y', '-v', 'error', '-f', 'rawvideo', '-pixel_format', 'rgb24',
Dumps the whole environment tools/smoke-mcp.py:11
 env=dict(os.environ);env['JUSTCAPTIONS_API_KEY']='';env['JUSTCAPTIONS_STATE_DIR']=str(out/'state');env.pop('JUSTCAPTIONS_METRICS_ID',None)

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add justcaptions --transport http https://api.justcaptions.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "justcaptions": {
      "url": "https://api.justcaptions.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.justcaptions]
url = "https://api.justcaptions.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "justcaptions": {
      "url": "https://api.justcaptions.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "justcaptions": {
      "url": "https://api.justcaptions.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 9

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

correct
correct_captions
Correct caption text, preserving caption count and order. Does not realign word timing. Billed by input characters.
estimate
estimate_cost
Estimate additional cloud charges and available allowance before a batch. Includes active budget holds; does not reserve credit.
fonts
list_fonts
List named font IDs, licenses and script coverage. Pass font_id in local rendering overrides; no cloud video rendering.
pick
pick_emojis
Pick one emoji for each caption. Billed by input characters.
pricing
get_pricing
Current API prices and monthly free allowances, no key needed.
styles
list_styles
List 16 local rendering presets, aliases, style overrides and platform safe areas. This remote server returns the catalog; render via the local MCP.
transcribe
transcribe_audio
Transcribe extracted audio into segments and word timestamps. Max 12 MB decoded. Never send video. Charged by audio duration past the free allowance.
translate
translate_captions
Translate caption lines, preserving count and order. Target-language word timing is estimated by the local renderer. Billed by input characters.
usage
get_usage
Current usage, estimated bill and monthly spend cap for your configured API key.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://api.justcaptions.com/mcp streamable-http answering 89 ms 0 min ago

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Justcaptions — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Justcaptions do?
It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: correct_captions, estimate_cost, get_pricing, get_usage, list_fonts, list_styles and 3 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Justcaptions working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 139 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Justcaptions?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Justcaptions need an API key?
No. Justcaptions completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Justcaptions?
It answers our handshake in 139 ms on average, which is faster than 77% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Justcaptions open source?
We cannot say either way: written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.